The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
64 prime cattle, 5 young bulls, 29 over thirty month cattle, 4,893
prime hoggs and 3,749 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at
Longtown on Thursday 31st March, 2011.
A quality show of 64 prime cattle met an outstanding trade yet again here at Longtown, more cattle
could have been sold to fulfil buyers orders. British Blue bullocks
sold to a top of 200p from A. Irving, Toppin Castle, purchased by
W. Kirkup, Butchers, Longtown, others to 191.5p (£1,378.80) from N. Forster,
Haining House, also purchased by W. Kirkup. Topping the heifer section
was a Charolais from J. & N.
Blaylock & Son, Hallburn, which sold at 190.5p with Limousins to
189.5p (x2) Toppin Castle and 186.5p Dashwell Green.
PRINCIPAL PRICES
(PER KILO)
Bullocks
British Blue – 200p Toppin Castle, 191.5p The Haining House,
186.5p Dashwell Green.
Limousin – 188.5p Toppin Castle, 187.5p, 186.5p Dashwell Green,
185.5p The Haining House, 184.5p The Gill, 183.5p (x2) Dashwell Green,
180.5p The Gill, 179.5p Houghton House, 178.5p Dashwell Green, 177.5p
Slealands.
Charolais - 167.5p Sceughdyke.
Heifers
Charolais – 190.5p Hallburn, 184.5p Toppin Castle and Sceughdyke,
182.5p, 175.5p Hallburn, 172.5p Wicket Thorn.
Limousin – 189.5p (x2) Toppin Castle, 186.5p, 185.5p, 183.5p
(x2), 181.5p, 180.5p Dashwell Green, 180.5p Brydekirk Mains, 175.5p
Houghton House.
British Blue – 173.5p Hallburn.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Bullocks
British Blue – £1,378 The Haining House, £1,260 Toppin
Castle, £1,240 Dashwell Green.
Charolais - £1,340 Sceughdyke.
Limousin – £1,335 The Gill, £1,330 Dashwell Green, £1,317
The Haining House, £1,306 The Gill, £1,283 Houghton House, £1,282, £1,250
The Gill, £1,240, £1,237 Dashwell Green.
Heifers
Charolais – £1,207, £1,126, £1,093 Wicket Thorn.
Limousin – £1,101 Toppin Castle, £1,035 Houghton
House.
OTM cattle saw a much better show of Black & White cows on offer
and all cows are keenly sought after, keep the cows coming to take
advantage of the buoyant trade being had. Top price of 164.5p for
a British Blue bullock from T. & M. Irving, Becton Hall. British
Blue cows to 127.5p and 123.5p from Killeonan and Black & White
cows to 119.5p Halltown, 118.5p Scugg House and Townhead, 117.5p
West Scales, 114.5p Hetherside.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Black & Whites – 119.5p Halltown, 118.5p Scugg House & Townhead,
117.5p West Scales, 114.5p Hethermill, 107.5p West Scales.
British Blue – 127.5p, 123.5p Killeonan, 118.5p Catslackburn.
Limousin – 117.5p, 116.5p Catslackburn.
Shorthorn – 119.5p Brydekirk Mains.
Angus – 109.5p High Crubasdale and Catslackburn.
Saler – 107.5p, 105.5p Catslackburn.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Black & Whites – £953 Townhead, £881 West Scales, £776
Halltown and Scugg House, £757 West Scales.
Limousin – £949 Catslackburn.
Young bulls sold to increased demand and more numbers required.
Top of 173.5p for a Limousin from Shaw of Dryfe with Black & Whites
to 138.5p Becton Hall.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Limousin – 173.5p Shaw of Dryfe.
British Blue – 167.5p Shaw of Dryfe.
Charolais – 164.5p Shaw of Dryfe.
Black & Whites – 138.5p, 137.5p Becton Hall.
PRINCIPAL PRICES
(PER HEAD)
Limousin – £928 Shaw of Dryfe.
British Blue – £904 Shaw of Dryfe.
Charolais – £954 Shaw of Dryfe.
Black & Whites – £865 Becton Hall.
A good show of 4,893 prime hoggs were forward to the usual ring
of buyers with more 40kilo to 44kilo well fleshed hoggs required
to meet demand. This resulted in the highest average seen in this
centre of 223p per kilo with the SQQ also being 223p.
An outstanding
run of 200 hoggets from Messrs Thompson, Brenzett averaged £91.10
per head and 223.9p per kilo. Also forward were 206 hoggets from
Messrs MacTaggart Bros which averaged £107.76.
Top price per kilo of 270p for Texel from MacTaggart Bros., with
a top per head of £126.50 for Charollais from Newbigging; Texel £125.50
Orchardton Mains, £121.50 Newbigging, £120 Orchardton
Mains; Suffolk £114.50 Church Street, £112.50 Newbigging, £111.50
Church Street; Beltex £111.50, £110.50 Netherwood, £110
Kilncroft; North Country Cheviot £109.50 Nether Onsett, £107.80
Annefield, £106.80 Blackrigg, £106.50 The Land; Greyface £108.50
Guards Mill and Fellend, £96.50 Clonrae and Burnfoot on Esk;
Hill Cheviot £107.80 Crawesknowe, £106.80 Blackrigg, £105.50
Potholm, Blackwoodridge House and Crawesknowe; Blackface £107.50
Smalmstown and Wileysyke, £103.50 Smalmstown, £102.50
Milnmark; Lleyn £101.50 Pilmuir; Zwartbles £100 Holmlea;
Jacob £87.50 High Acres; Leicester £87.50 Black House, £86.50
Raggetsyke; Romney £83.80 Whitehall; Kerry £83.50 Kilncroft;
Swaledale £77.80 Lanehead and Westhills.
The 722 lightweight
hoggs sold to a top of £87.80 for Texels
from Sutton Close, others £80.20 Westernhopeburn; Hill Cheviot £80.50
Potholm, £79.80 Culquhasen; Charollais £79.80 Mosshall, £76.80
Flex; Suffolk £79.50 Balbeg, £74.80 High Cattadale; Blackface £78.80
Bush of Ewes, £77.80 Milnmark; North Country Cheviot £77.80
Tormore, £76.80 Raeburnfoot; Greyface £75.80 Newington, £65.50
Low Closegill; Dorset £67.80 Smithy Court; Swaledale £65.50
Smithy Court, £63.80 Kilncroft; Half Bred £63.80 Balgeg;
Herdwick £58.80 Ashness.
A good show of 3,749 cast ewes and rams met an animated demand and
were well short of buyer’s requirements. The overall average
was £93.17 with the 2,226 heavy ewes averaging £108.10,
the 1,254 lights £65 and the 269 tups £100.92. The sale
was topped at £158.50 for Suffolk rams from Messrs Hebson,
Chapel Farm, others £128.50 Newbigging; Texel £152.50
Church Street and Copperthorns, £148.50 Aldermanseat; Charollais £146.50
Newbigging, £142.50 Mosshall; North Country Cheviot £142.50, £134.50
Tormore; Beltex £130.50 Flex, £126.50 Newbigging; Hill
Cheviot £119.50, £116.50 Pilmuir, £113.50 Upper
Dunbrae; Leicester £112.50 Newbigging; Lleyn £98.50 Bellymack, £77.50
Pilmuir; Blackface £94.50 Bush of Ewes, £93.50 Carpet
Farm; Swaledale £80.50 Waterloo; Herdwick £70.50 Braidlie.
Heavy
ewes to £150.50 for Suffolks from The Land and Winterhope,
others £149.50 The Land; Texel £149.50 Orchardton Mains, £148.50
Graystale and Orchardton Mains, £146.50 Dormonsteads; Charollais £140.50
Mosshall, £138.50 Roadside; North Country Cheviot £130.50, £126.50
Fountanbleau, £124.50 Smerral; Half Bred £126.50 Westside, £120.50
Annefield and Fountanbleau; Leicester £126.50 Fountanbleau, £119.50
Drinkstone; Dorster £124.50 Waterloo; Zwartbles £120.50
Holmlea, £119.50 Church Street; Greyface £116.50 Church
Street, £113.50 Wilseydown, £112.50 Mosshall, Church
Street and Graystale, £111.50 Blackrigg, Upper Manor and Copperthorns;
Cheviot Mule £108.50 Latheron Wheel Mains, £100.50 Corriehills;
Beltex £98.50 Stackbraes, Roadside and Lydden; Vendeen £88.50
Upper Manor.
Hill ewes to £98.50 for Blackfaces from Newbigging, £96.50
Mosshall, £94.50 Newbigging and Stackbraes, £92.50 D’Mainholm;
Cheviot £94.50 Middle Shipley and Tormore, £89.50 Achow, £88.50
Braidlie; Gritstone £92.50 Waterloo; Lonk £83.50 Upper
Manor; Lleyn £88.50 Fountableau, £82.50 High Acres, £78.50
Netherhirst; Swaledale £78.50 Middle Shipley, Braidlie and
Spital Shields; Herdwick £78.50 Stackbraes; Jacob £58.50
Barsalloch; Soya £59.50 Bellymack Hill.
Averages
Steers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 164.5p (148.6p)
Heavy to 200.0p (177.7p)
Heifers
Light to -------p (-------p)
Medium to 165.5p (154.4p)
Heavy to 190.5p (173.4p)
Young bulls 173.5p (156.2p)
Hoggs
Light to 250.0p (222.0p)
Standard to 253.0p (223.1p)
Medium to 270.0p (223.3p)
Heavy to 243.0p (210.5p)
O/weight to -------p (-------p)
Ewes
Light to £98.50 (£65.03)
Heavy to £150.50 (£108.10)
Cast Rams £158.50(£100.92)
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